The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-05-14
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

The fertilizer works OF NJ Dorsey, at
HIghlaudtown, Md, were destroyed
by fire on the morning OF the 7th.
Los 100000; insurance $780,
600.
The Union Steel Company, OF Chi
ca %, shut down its rail mill at that
place on the 9th. Twenty eight men
struck for some trivial matter, and
the place was closed. The lockout
leaves $50 men out in the cold.
The St. Louis Supply Company
made an assignment on the 9Th. The
concern had been in business twenty
years and the liabilities are STAT, 900.
Assets not stated.
At the rolling mill OF the Hubbard
Iron Company, at Youngstown, O.,
on the 9th, Engineer Griffiths was
caught in the cOgs OF the crusher and
his body literally chewed up. He was
% years old.
Henry Kn0wltOn has resigned as
cashier OF the Well County Nation al
Bank Of Jol ct, H. There IS a short
age Of $75, 600 in the funds.
Allegations that the COnvicts in the
camp" at Coal Hill, Ark, are over
worked underted, and brutally
whipped without cause are undergo
ING investigation.
The editor Of the Quebec Mercury
was fined -, 600 and ordered TO iail
Tor SIX months for saying in his paper
that the Mayor was g bOodler and &C
cepted bribes.
Floods in Maine are doing great dam
age. The water in the rivers contin-
ues to rise and houses and outbuild-
lngs are Aoated off. Railway trestles
and bridges ared down and many fac
tories are temporarily closed. a, Linn,
q WOODEN manufacturer ut Hartland,
loses $50, 600 by the water.
The Northwestern & Duluth Smelt-
ms works are to Relocated at Duluth.
Land valued at $4,000 ha been
donated to the company and $780,
600 plant will be put IN at once.
About l 500 men will be employed.
The losses by the recent storm in
the Upper Peninsular are now esti-
mated to aggregate 100000.
The license fee has been fixed by the
Michigan Legislature at $500. The
bill to re 8taOlish capital punishment
was killed.
The saw mill, planning mill, flour
mill ana elevator Of Mills 4 Houlton,
at Elk River, Mimi, together with
Dickey's Hotel and n char factory,
We're destroyed by fire on the 5th.
Loss $50, 600; partially insured.
The president has issued an exeCu-
tive order designed to secure more rig
id enforcement of rhe act preventing
the sale OF liquors and arms to thena-
tives of Alaska.
John Helsel, q Rochester, Ind,
farmer, charges that his daughter died
st the Indianapolis insane asylum
from violent treatment at the hands
Of the attendents.
The resolutions providing for a con
stltutional amendment prohibiting
the manufacture and sale ofintoxicat-
lng liquors We're passed by the Con-
nectCJt House 10y s. vote Ofl41 to 81.
Gen Simon b. Buckner has been
nominated for governor by the Demo-
Gratis OF Kentucky.
Thomas Hicks was killed by an ex-
plosi0n oil powder IN a mine at
Hought0u, Mich, on the 18th.
The Willard Hotel, at Brainerd,
Mimi, the finest hotel in the north
western part OF the state, was de-
strOyed by fire on the 4th. Loss, $64
O00; insurance, SIS, 600.
Seven bindings on Julia Street, New
Orleans, were destroyed by fire on the
4-h. Loss, 500, 1000; insurance, $780,
600
The commissioners OF internal reve-
nue. have accepted 50, 200 as a com
promise in the case OF Eel & SChwa-
hacker, OF Peoria, charged with Vio-
lating the internal revenue laws.
In contest at Cleveland between
Jack Dempsey and Reddy Gallagher,
Dempsey broke his left arm below the
elbow in the second round. The con-
test ended in a draw in the sixth.
The New Yark corporation counsel
has advised the police board that un-
der the excise Law hotelkeepeTs have
no righ to sell, give nor furnish ale,
wine, or spirituous liquors TO their
guests on Sunday.
Formal applcati has been made
for new trial for Schwartz and Watt,
convicted Of the Rock Island robbery
and murder.
Francis l.. White, ex- councilman OF
the city oi Boston, was found guilty
Of forgery and utterIug notes. and was
held in S25, 600 for sentence.
Three cases Of genuine ieprOsy and
three "susuicious" cases exist IN St.
Martins Parish, Louisiana. Two
suspicious cases are reported az New
Orleans
At s. Paul, Frank Taylor and Geo.
Harris had contest for the middle
weight championship osthe Northwest
Harris winning in the fortieth round.
1 bill providing for a considerable
increase II the Italian army has been
introduced in the Chamber o. Depu-
ties, a credit ot $3sCoo,OOO being de-
manded
All bHt cne D. the buildings OF the
Chicago Forge auj Bolt Works, on
Fotv-. nirf -.rssr. were dies ra-e3
1T frr st. .a- III loss tI- 1,gC0
The west bound passenger train on